Month: March 2020

What is the history of media streaming?

Paul Andersson

Streaming media over the Internet back to the mid-1990s when the users connected to the Internet via dial-up connections. The low Internet speed, as well as the slow computers, made it very hard for the users to enjoy listening or watching media since they always encountered the buffering issue. However, as a result of high-speed Internet lines, and high-performance computers, nowadays, hundreds of millions of Internet users listen and watch audio and video stream without any problems. In 2006, people watched more than a million streaming videos a day on…

How can I upgrade from XBMC to Kodi?

Paul Andersson

The Kodi software started its existence as the Xbox Media Player for the first Xbox console and it was known as XBMC back in 2002. Now you can upgrade from XBMC to Kodi and start watching IPTV streams on your device. How to setup IPTV on Kodi? Kodi is relatively available on all the setup boxes such as Nvidia Shield, Amazon FireTV, RaspberryPi, Smartphones, Xbox One, Smart TVs and basically all the devices that have access to Google Player Store or Apple Store. To install the Kodi add-on at Add-on manager follow the instructions: In Setting,…

Long delay before selecting a stream in Kodi Genesis

Paul Andersson

Genesis is a Kodi Third Party addon built by Lambda and is part of the Tvaddons repo, it collects movie and television streams from all over the internet like a search engine, offering you a magnitude of streaming links that you wouldn’t have access too using similar addons that only get their streams from one website. This delay happens when Genesis pulls different sources from all the various hosts that have been set up by you. If the delay takes an unusually long time, you need to disable non-working or low-quality hosts which…

Submenus stopped working after upgrading to Genesis

Paul Andersson

Genesis has written in a consistent way thus any modifications lead to setting changes by which the shortcuts locations and names would be changed. How can I Install Genesis on my Kodi? To get back Genesis on the submenu, launch Genesis, linger on TV shows, press the menu button and hit “add to favorites”. The repeat it for Movie, that lingers on Movies, press the menu button and hit “add to favorite”. Then, navigate to System/Appearance/Skin/Settings. What is a Kodi add-on? Here you have to find the submenu settings which differs…

How can I Install Genesis on my Kodi?

Paul Andersson

Genesis is a Kodi Third Party addon built by Lambda and is part of the Tvaddons repo, it collects movie and television streams from all over the internet like a search engine, offering you a large number of streaming links that you wouldn’t have access too using similar addons that only get their streams from one website. How to setup IPTV on Kodi? How to install Genesis Open KODI, then move to “System” tab and open “File Manager” settings. Select “Add source” and then click “None” option. Insert the link of TV Add-on…

Install NZBGet Windows

Paul Andersson

NZBGet 14 is a lightweight usenet downloader. Installing it on Windows is straightforward now that there is an installer. It also takes a extra few steps to make NZBGet autostart when Windows boots. This guide walks you through the entire process from start to finish and will work on Windows, 7, 8 and 10. Grab the latest NZBGet installer from the official website Follow the NZBGet installer, by default it installs to C:\Program Files (x86)\ Browse to your NZBGet installation folder and locate nzbget-command-shell.bat. Right click on it and choose Run as Administrator…

How to Convert M3U8/M3U for Enigma2

Paul Andersson

FIRST STEP / DOWNLOAD: Enigma-TV_IPTV_Generator for converting m3u files to dreambox / boxes format Dreambox EDIT and just install both programs. SECOND STEP / Enigma-TV IPTV Generator Open the programm and open your m3u8/m3u list in the m3u file channels tab Click on Generate Cannel list Down in the status You will that Channels file is generated Open this folder on c: drive and You will find the file userbouquet.EnigmaTV_rapidiptv.tv in it. Rename that file to userbouquet.favourites.tv DO NOT CLOSE THE PROGRAM THIRD STEP / Dreambox EDIT Set options as it…

How to setup IPTV on Formuler Z8 using MyTVOnline 2?

Paul Andersson

1. Download MyTVOnline 2 to connect with our service. 2. You have two options: add a portal or m3u (URL) playlist. You can set the nickname to any name you prefer. Note: The portal and m3u link below are just samples and to give you an idea how it look like. Please use the portal or m3u link that we have provided to you. Portal: http://portal/c m3u link: http://server:80/get.php?username=xxxxxxxx&password=xxxxxxxx&type=m3u_plus&output=ts 3. Click “Connect”. Wait for a few minutes to connect to our service and you will receive all the channels associated with your…

Why do I keep getting script error in my Kodi?

Paul Andersson

Script error on Kodi appears on your screen whenever your device does not connect to the Internet or your Internet speed is not sufficient enough. Sometimes you can fix these issues by clearing the cache on Kodi or installing an older version of Kodi or force update the application. How to setup IPTV on Kodi. Download an older version of Kodi First, go to the Kodi download page. Now scroll down and click on Older Releases. Promptly select your Operating System. Look for the option called Old and click on…

MAG256 – Reset to default settings, boot mode change

Paul Andersson

If you encounter problems with your MAG256 such as frozen channels or abnormal slowness due to a malfunction, I strongly recommend that you follow the instructions given below: Press and hold service button (FN) on back side of STB until STB is power off, or during 2 seconds after power on. Switching between modes done by releasing button at specific time according to LED indication. There are 4 modes: Mode 1. STB load from first U-boot – Press and hold service button, power on STB. Wait until LED indicator change…